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Old 05-21-2008, 10:07 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/...e_lou_pearlman

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ORLANDO, Fla. - Lou Pearlman, the man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings.

It was the maximum sentence the boy band mogul could receive for allegedly swindling some $300 million from investors and banks since the early 1980s.

He pleaded guilty in March to two counts of conspiracy and single counts of money laundering and presenting a false claim in bankruptcy court.
Personally, I think 25 years should be the punishment for giving us the Backstreet Boys and N Sync. That alone was enough.
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What he said ^^
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Personally, I think 25 years should be the punishment for giving us the Backstreet Boys and N Sync. That alone was enough.
You are way too lenient. We need to send a message to any other Boy Band creators that we aren't going to take it anymore.
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Well, at this point 25 years is actually life. Sometimes you simply cannot punish someone enough for their crime. And the boy bands were a doozy.
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No negotiations. Boybandists have proven, time and time again, that theirs is a musical tradition steeped in violence and the degradation of women. They can't be trusted! It probably all has to do with their never having had a renaissance, and being stuck in the (pre-Blues) Dark Ages. After all, look at their founder -- just a big ol' raging warmongering pedophile. We should crush them and take their oil!
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[url]Personally, I think 25 years should be the punishment for giving us the Backstreet Boys and N Sync. That alone was enough.
The death penalty is too light a punishment for that guy.
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Too bad the Feds don't have that! Pity.
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I'm glad to see they've started incarcerating people for this crap.
So when are they going after the brothel mistress responsible for the (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)cat Dolls and that made-by-a-reality-show girlploitation group?

BTW... these (male or female) are not bands. They are singing groups. They have no instruments in addition to having no creativity and essentially being tools for industry pimps.
The term "boyband" is thus a misnomer.
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Personally, I think 25 years should be the punishment for giving us the Backstreet Boys and N Sync. That alone was enough.
LOL ..and maybe drawn 'n quartered too
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Personally, I think 25 years should be the punishment for giving us the Backstreet Boys and N Sync. That alone was enough.
*vomits* It should be fifty years. I am still scarred for life after hearing their songs.
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